I agree with all you say, but Barnes and Noble deserves at least a passing mention. Their eBook does a faithful representation of the book, it's $17.59 (cheaper than the publisher), and I am able to lend most of my collection.

I adore words, but let's face it: books suck. More specifically, so many beautiful ideas have been helplessly trapped in physical made-of-atoms books for the last few centuries. How do books suck? Let me count the ways: They are heavy. They take up too much space. They have to be printed. ...